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* L/ÉLIA ánceps. 
Two-edged Lelia, 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDEE $ EPIDENDREE, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) 
LÆLIA, Lindl. Sepala explanata, lanceolata, equalia. Petala majora 
paulo difformia. Labellum (posticum), 3-partitum, lamellatum, circa columnam 
convolutum. Columna aptera carnosa, anticé canaliculata. Anthera 8-locularis. 
Pollinia 8, caudiculis 4 elasticis. Herbe epiphyte, rhizomate pseudobol- 
bophoro.. Scapi terminales, pauci v. multiflori. Flores speciosi, odorati. 
Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 115. 
L. anceps ; foliis binis aut solitariis lanceolatis, scapo ancipiti bifloro squamis 
carinatis vestito, ovario viscoso, labelli disco lineari elevato apice trilobo, 
pseudobolbis ovatis distantibus tetraquetris. 
Rhizoma repens, squamosum. Pseudobulbi ovati, distantes, tetraquetri, 
2 poll. longi, juventute squamis acuminatis vestiti. Folia solitaria, rard 
bina, lanceolata, acuminata, coriacea, atroviridia. „Scapus ex apice pseudo- 
bulbi ortum ducens, sesquipedalis, gracilis, anceps, squamis carinatis arcte 
vaginantibus vestitus, apice biflorus. Ovarium viscosum, bracteá lato-lanceo- 
latá, acuminatissimd, carinatá, membranaceá, fuscd, involvente brevius, apice 
teres, cuniculo a basi labelli orto brevi instructum. | Sepala violacea, mem- 
branacea, dorso subherbacea, lanceolata, bipollicaria, patentissima. Petala 
oblongo-lanceolata, ejusdem coloris texture, et longitudinis, sed lined medid 
dorsi tantum herbacea, et duplo latiora. Labellum aut anticum, aut posti- 
cum, cucullatum, trilobum, basi columnam involvens et pallidě violaceum, 
intus luteum sanguineo-venosum ; trilobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, 
intermedio atropurpureo basi albo, oblongo, acuto, subundulato, plano, lined 
lutá elevatá crassá luteá antrorsum trilobá in medio; lobis lateralibus 
abruptis, intermedio productiore in laminam abruptam verticalem attenuato. 
Columna semiteres, marginata, clavata, cum labello continua. Anthera 8- 
locularis.' Pollinia 8, cuneata, utráque extremitate caudicularum quatuor 
inserta et inflexa. 
A very beautiful Orchideous plant, imported from Mexico 
by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection our drawing was 
made last December. We at first took it for Lelia gran- 
diflora, but Mr. George Loddiges has satisfied us that it is 
